Blackboard Collaborate vs Microsoft Teams Comparison

Very user friendly software apt for students to do online courses. Also works well for classroom discussion, virtual sessions and taking tests. Classes can also be recorded.

The learning curve to get used to the software features is longer compared to google classroom and microsoft teams.

Blackboard Collaborate has a broad range of features and comes along with high customizability. The video conferencing is very good, also in comparison with competitors, such as "ZOOM" and "Microsoft Teams".

Ease of use and ease of development is lacking. Moreover, the then even more necessary customer support is not always as available as needed and responses solving an issue can take a while. A clearer and simplified design of the overlays could tremendously benefit these issues.

What makes collaborate stand out is its stability when it comes to virtual meetings, of course depending on your network is what determines your experience during the meeting of course. Another thing is that in my case, being still a student, the collaborate is already integrated into the class in a section where either the teacher creates the icon on the left bar, or you simply go to the blackboard tools and you can find there the meeting you want to enter the entire course you have. The platform is designed for you to join immediately so if you are in a hurry, the software will take care of that and help you with that.

I didn't see many disadvantages of blackboard collaborate when it comes to taking classes or having meetings with my team when planning projects, since it is a virtual meeting software that complies but is quite simple, which does not have many differentiators out of the market. It is quite reliable, but for some reason, my teachers prefer to take better classes in Microsoft Teams because they feel it has better and more features than blacboard collaborate.

I love how easy it is to get together with this product. As an instructional designer I always look for tools to get people together without actually being in one place. This allows my students to be in a classroom but in the comfort of their own office or home.

Sometimes it's difficult to access with certain browsers. Some people have issues using Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.

I really like the fact you can easily create teams, conferences and add users very efficiently. The sound and video quality are really good.

Unfortunately, Blackboard often faces issues such as screen sharing that does not actually share, and sometimes the connection speed is very slow.

It was very easy to use, especially for someone with no prior Blackboard experience. It's pricepoint for each license is very reasonable as well compared to other collaboration platforms

The platform is web based and is not optimized for all browsers. I tried using the platform in Microsoft Edge and it froze regularly.

I like that blackboard works well with Microsoft Power Point slides and that allows users to collaborate with chat, microphone, and board tools. I also like that it allows recordings to be made.

This software is difficult to learn to use well and is NOT intuitive. It frequently crashes at our organization, which impacts student learning. You cannot record in breakout rooms which makes small group work a challenge. It does not load Google Slides well which limits the other software one can use to create the slides.

You can have a career doing something that you enjoy doing, and as long as you keep doing it, then you'll be happy. It's also an honest discipline, as it involves trying to deceive others. If your code crashes, no one knows what happened to it.

It has been a great tool for us to collaborate and communicate with our outside contacts.

Teams allows us to collaborate with internal and external teams. We are able to customize teams for departments and allow them to use the apps that we authorize for them. We also use teams for conferencing, so we are able to use a single tool to do a lot of things.

The product works really well internally but there are limitations when you have to collaborate with external clients.

Brings everything to one place and makes it easy to collaborate

Causes confusion among non-power users with SharePoint and how files should be properly shared and distributed to effectively collaborate

Using the app to video call, chat & message team members. Very cost effective. The fact that it can also be used on any mobile device is very helpful.

None. I find the app easy to use, allows me to be mobile, allows me to share and collaborate with my team.

Microsoft teams allows for secure video conferencing by requiring to have participant authenticated before joining.

The user experience is not as good as Google meet or Zoom as the app tends to freeze here and there in low bandwidth setups

The ability to have all the elements to collaborate in one place is very handy. It connects quickly and we rely on it daily.

It’s not very intuitive to use without training. Still trying to figure out how to use it with Sharepoint and collaborate on documents.

Collaborative features are very useful p.e. Blackboard The quality of video and sound has improved a lot as in Skype The web version gives the possibility to connect with people of other organizations with other main meeting software

If you want the best features you need to pay for a full license The background blur effect could be better

Easy to use -- very accomodating, especially for large teams

Still using it on a daily basis .. getting used to all of the bells and whistles

Messaging and meetings are easy and sync up well with MS Outlook

The Channels are confusing to use, and it is very difficult and non-intuitive to share files and collaborate on work products within Teams